Having returned to the study, Fourth Master asked Su Peisheng, "Is there a Lady Zhen in Yuqing Palace?"
Caught off guard, Su Peisheng quickly searched through his memory. As a good servant, especially one who served his master closely, he must know these things.
"Replying to Master, there was," he said.
"Where is she now?" Fourth Master asked.
"Answering Your Grace, she's been gone for some years now. At that time, we were still living in the Prince's court, and the Crown Prince had not yet married. It must have been when the Crown Prince was about sixteen or seventeen. That Lady Zhen was from Jiangnan, sent into the palace as a concubine by someone under the Crown Prince. They said she was extremely beautiful, although I had never seen her myself. She was very much favored back then. During her first pregnancy, she did not carry to term, it was said to be due to her young age. The second time, she passed away during a miscarriage."
